Gregor 4,846 #26 Posted October 16, 2021 Cook it dry. You are cooking it to get rid of water. Amazingly, it does not stick at all. I thought it might. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #27 Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) 6:30 AM, and I am cooking. I have a cylinder jug in there from an MV 16, pretty rusty, and a block section from a Lawn boy engine. It is aluminum complete with bronze bearing. I am curios to see what the electrolysis does to the bronze. I have done some reading on this last night, and again this morning. From what I have read, the cast iron might take a day or 2. The aluminum, possibly 30 minutes. We shall see. I guess I could have cleaned out the plastic tub a little better. A good article I have my small battery charger set on 2 amps Edited October 16, 2021 by Gregor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #28 Posted October 16, 2021 I wasn't to impressed with what was happening with my cooking experiment. Didn't seem to be much going on. I had an aluminum piece in the pot, and a broken, UN-usable, jug. On a chance I went to Walmart and checked the shelves, there it was, "Washing Soda", even thought the website said it was only available a Super Centers. I also went to my local welding shop and picked up a couple of scrap 14 ga. pieces from behind the shear. I brought everything home and started over. This time putting in a good jug. This seemed to be working better. This is after 5 hours with my small charger set at 2 amps, It's still cooking now, and still seems to be working. My small charger kicks out from time to time for a short while. It's easy to see when it kicks back in, if you are watching it. It starts "cooking" again. I had another battery charger, so I set up another tank, for the other jug from my MV 16. This time using an old lawn mower blade, and a steel rod. This is a bigger charger. It is set at 40 amps, If I am reading the label correctly. IT"S COOKING ! This is after 3 1/2 hours at 40 amps.I Don't know whether to leave these go over night in my garage or not. These jugs really were not too bad to begin with. I had already wire brushed them as much as I could, so they weren't terrible. For the record, You DO want to do this outside, It gets a bit ripe in here at times. I have the garage door about half open, but it's not very warm in my part of the country today, and I do HATE cold ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
